George Wyllie's love of puffers, steam-powered 'lorries of the
sea' is obvious in the number of times they feature in his work,
sometimes made from metal...sometimes made from terracota...sometimes in drawings...sometimes
in bits.

It is also evident in his references to Neil Munro's Tales
of Para Handy, and in the work he did with schools in Argyll & Bute,
calling for a restoration of the transport links which had once been a daily
part of life on Clydeside.